This 11-week course primarily offers effective strategies to manage the challenges of parenting teenagers. The skills learned are transferable and have increased in their use in other areas e.g., schools and workplace settings and other agencies and services. They have been endorsed by employers.

NVR stands for non-violent resistance, and the programme addresses challenging, problematic, and self-destructive, concerning behaviours in children and adolescents. The methods and ideas of non-violent resistance were first introduced by Professor Haim Omer in Tel Aviv and stem from the political struggles of such figures as Mahatma Gandhi, and civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks. They are used in family settings and the wider community. The course can help parents and carers overcome their sometimes sense of helplessness, develop a support network that helps address destructive behaviours both in and out of the home and improve relationships between family members and the outside world.

Attendees will explore how they can:

• Become a positive, authoritative presence in their children’s lives.
• Strengthen relationships.
• De-escalate challenging situations.
• Develop a robust network of supporters.
• Take a firm, authoritative stance against behaviours of concern.
• Explore how the strategies can be utilised in other settings.

• Start date: 3 February 2026 (10am – 12noon)
• Duration: Every Tuesday for 11 weeks
• Venue: Moorings Sociable Club, Arnotts Close, Thamesmead SE28 8BG
• Cost: Free
• Audience: Parents/carers of young people who attend Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls 

Coordinators:
Jane Prescott – NVR Coordinator/Member of the NVR association
Natasha Friend - School Counsellor

To register email: JaPrescott@woolwichpolygirls.co.uk